Would giving a white person vitamin D supplements cause him to darken?

Question

This Q is based on the belief that skin darkens from to much D and lightens from D defecincies.

Answer 1

i have to say NO...!!!!

unLess if it could be dOctor-recOmmEnded or badLy needEd whicH is aLso scientificaLLy based,,right?

Answer 2

A book "Black like me" told of a white man that darkend his skin to pass a Black.

He took large amounts Oxsoralen (see below)and subjected himself to long hours under ultraviolet lights. Even with this he had to dye some of his skin.

Answer 3

Ahhhh, beliefs!

Are any of them ever right?

Who can say.

Answer 4

Vitamin D is fat soluble: that means that an excessive amount will cause problems with endocrine glands and possibly organ malfunction. If white people as a population were given enough vitamin D and light skin was significantly selected against (skin cancer for example) then white people would evolve into darker people.

But since there is plenty of vitamin D and sunscreen, it seems that no skin color carries an adequate fitness advantage to cause an evolutionary shift.

Answer 5

no, only sunlight or UV rays will darken the skin. the skin turns the sunlight into vitamin D

Answer 6

i wouldn't think so

Answer 7

No.  White individuals have the genetic potential to produce only so much melanin and no more.  However, giving anyone too much vitamin D will make them sick.

wl

Answer 8

go get a tan in Hawaii i will send you money ok

Answer 9

No indeed! I used to drink a gallon of milk per day....I would think that qualifies as a supplement. My origin is Scandinavian...my fair skin stayed fair. Everything to do with genes.

Answer 10

I doubt it.